英语词汇“eavesdropper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINeavesdrop

Origin:

1600-1700 eavesdropper ‘someone who stands close to a wall, where rainwater drops from the eaves, in order to listen secretly’

VERB TABLE

eavesdrop

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	eavesdrop
	he, she, it	eavesdrops
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	eavesdropped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have eavesdropped
	he, she, it	has eavesdropped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had eavesdropped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will eavesdrop
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have eavesdropped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am eavesdropping
	he, she, it	is eavesdropping
	you, we, they	are eavesdropping
Past	I, he, she, it	was eavesdropping
	you, we, they	were eavesdropping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been eavesdropping
	he, she, it	has been eavesdropping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been eavesdropping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be eavesdropping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been eavesdropping

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

How did you know I was going? You've been eavesdropping, haven't you!
I caught him eavesdropping on our conversation.
Sue was able to eavesdrop on them through the open window.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Can he eavesdrop through a card, Jaq?
Caroline felt riveted to the floor, motionless, unwilling to consciously eavesdrop but tense with curiosity.
Hackers can eavesdrop using software that monitors packets sent over the network.
He and his assistants hung around shopping malls and city streets, eavesdropping on whoops and hoots.
In most cases, it is difficult to detect that some one is eavesdropping.
Most shocking was the charge that Morris had allowed her to eavesdrop on conversations with the White House.
She wanted to ask what the Leighs were talking about, but did not want him to think she had eavesdropped.
Then the baboon came home and I eavesdropped anxiously and she told him.

THESAURUS► listen

to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you hear: · I didn’t hear the answer, because I wasn’t listening when she read it out.· He listened carefully to every word I said.

► pay attention

to listen carefully to what someone is saying: · I nodded to show I was paying attention.· She was tired and wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying.

► eavesdrop

to secretly listen to someone else’s conversation by standing near them, hiding behind a door etc: · I caught him eavesdropping on our conversation.· They spoke in quiet voices which made it hard to eavesdrop.

► overhear

to hear someone say something, especially accidentally: · I overheard him say something about wanting to move house.· Excuse me! I couldn’t help overhearing that you were planning a trip to Thailand.

► tune in (to something)

to listen to a radio programme, or to someone using a radio transmitter: · Over a million people tune in to the programme each week.· Tune in at the same time next week for the next episode.· The equipment could be used by criminals to tune in to police broadcasts.

► tap

to connect a piece of electronic recording equipment to a telephone system so that you can listen to people’s telephone conversations: · The police had tapped the phones of all three suspects.· The president had to resign over an illegal phone-tapping operation.

► bug

to hide a small piece of electronic recording equipment in someone’s room, car, office etc in order to listen secretly to what is said there: · Security agents bugged their offices and managed to get some evidence against them.· Wells was convinced the house was bugged and insisted on playing loud music while we talked.

Longman Language Activatorto secretly listen to someone► listen in

to listen to someone else's conversation when they do not know that you are listening, either on the telephone or when you are near them: · Whenever her boss had one of his "private meetings", she always used to listen in.listen in on: · We tried to listen in on their conversation, but they were talking too quietly.· They used to have hours of fun listening in on what people were doing in their hotel rooms.

► eavesdrop

to secretly listen to someone else's conversation by standing near them, hiding behind a door etc: · How did you know I was going? You've been eavesdropping, haven't you!eavesdrop on: · I caught him eavesdropping on our conversation.· Sue was able to eavesdrop on them through the open window.

► bug

to hide a small piece of electronic recording equipment in someone's room, car, office etc in order to listen secretly to what is said there: · Security agents bugged their offices and managed to get some evidence against them.· Wells was convinced the house was bugged and insisted on playing loud music while we talked.

► tap

to connect a piece of electronic recording equipment to a telephone system so that you can listen to people's telephone conversations: · Later we realized our phones had been tapped and the police knew everything.· The President had to resign over an illegal phone-tapping operation.

► monitor

to listen to another country's radio or television broadcasts or radio messages in order to get information about that country: · Satellite technology means that enemy airwaves can be monitored more closely than ever before.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► conversation

· And it would be yesterday morning again, and she hadn't been up to Hunter Ward and eavesdropped on a conversation.· I began eavesdropping on my parents conversations.· Central News followed their activities over Christmas- our cameras and microphones eavesdropping on a party conversation.· Most shocking was the charge that Morris had allowed her to eavesdrop on conversations with the White House.· I got to eavesdrop on their informal conversations and often attend their presentations or meetings or whatever.